James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive

James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under El Paso County Colorado School District 49, with 132 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 65% below typical.

Across the 31 schools in El Paso County Colorado School District 49 (25,689 students total), James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, census data for El Paso County shows median household income runs about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive is one campus in the mix.

Horizon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. James Irwin Elementary School - Canada Drive operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.